I pray that, according to the riches of his glory, he may grant that you may be strengthened in your inner being with power throug...h his Spirit, and that Christ may dwell in your hearts through faith, as you are being rooted and grounded in love. I pray that you may have the power to comprehend, with all the saints, what is the breadth and length and height and depth, and to know the love of Christ that surpasses knowledge, so that you may be filled with all the fullness of God.LESSATTRIBUTION DETAIL »

Another appealing aspect to having grandparents is that they do help, to give [your child] a sense of continuity--of his place in ...the world and in the generations. Not only do grandparents help him intellectually to comprehend that there are parents of parents, but they also aid him in understanding where he fits in the succession of things. Even a very young child can begin to feel a sense of rootedness and history.LESSATTRIBUTION DETAIL »

The real essence, the internal qualities, and constitution of even the meanest object, is hid from our view; something there is in... every drop of water, every grain of sand, which it is beyond the power of human understanding to fathom or comprehend. But it is evident ... that we are influenced by false principles to that degree as to mistrust our senses, and think we know nothing of those things which we perfectly comprehend.LESSATTRIBUTION DETAIL »

The Indians knew that life was equated with the earth and its resources, that America was a paradise, and they could not comprehen...d why the intruders from the East were determined to destroy all that was Indian as well as America itself.LESSATTRIBUTION DETAIL »

... every event has had its cause, and nothing, not the least wind that blows, is accident or causeless. To understand what happen...s now one must find the cause, which may be very long ago in its beginning, but is surely there, and therefore a knowledge of history as detailed as possible is essential if we are to comprehend the past and be prepared for the future.LESSATTRIBUTION DETAIL »

When we can drain the Ocean into mill-ponds, and bottle up the Force of Gravity, to be sold by retail, in gas jars; then may we ho...pe to comprehend the infinitudes of man's soul under formulas of Profit and Loss; and rule over this too, as over a patent engine, by checks, and valves, and balances.LESSATTRIBUTION DETAIL »

It is a strange, strange fate, and now, as I stand face to face with death I feel just as if they were going to kill a boy. For I ...feel like a boy--and my hands so free from blood and my heart always so compassionate and pitiful that I cannot comprehend how anyone wants to hang me.LESSATTRIBUTION DETAIL »

Woman has been systematically educated to spend her conversational ability upon the most frivolous topics. This has the effect to ...belittle her range of thought so that she can comprehend only superficialities.LESSATTRIBUTION DETAIL »